Season of Light - Softcover
Season of Light begins in 1788, in the heady days just before the French revolution, when Paris is fizzing with new ideas about liberty and equality. Asa Ardleigh, the impressionable 19-year-old daughter of a country squire, has traveled to the city with her older sister, Philippa, and Philippa's new husband. In Paris, they are introduced to the literary salon of Madame de Genlis. It is in this salon that Asa meets, and falls in love with, a dashing intellectual and idealist, Didier Paulin. Their affair is curtailed when Asa is forced to return to England, but they continue to write as the storm clouds gather over France and war with England seems imminent. Meanwhile back at home, no one knows of Asa's liaison. Asa's middle sister, Georgina, has met Harry Shackleford, the most eligible man in London that season, and to whom the Ardleigh estate is entailed. After the death of their mother, the Ardleigh girls' father began to drink heavily and now the estate is nearly bankrupt. In Shackleford, Georgina sees not only a fortuitous marriage for her sister, but also the solution to their financial woes. However Asa's accomplishments need some polishing. Georgina therefore employs Madame de Rusigneux, a French Marquise. Asa soon discovers there is more to this woman than meets the eye...
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Katharine McMahon studied English and Drama at Bristol University. She has worked as a teacher in schools and universities, as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow supporting student writing, and has run national training courses. She is involved with local theatre and lives with her family in Hertfordshire. Visit her website at katharinemcmahon.com
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bewitching * CHOICE * A well-written historical novel with compelling characters. * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS * Well-researched historical figures and references root the book firmly in its setting. * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH * More Georgette Heyer than Hilary Mantel, this fluent novel captures that heady energy that proves so attractive to young women seeking 'very heaven' in the arms of some revolutionary youth. -- Emma Hagestadt * i NEWSPAPER *
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- PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0297858300
- ISBN 13 9780297858300
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages375
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 380 pages. light wearSEASON OF LIGHTby Katharine McMahon Weidenfeld & Ne lson, UK, 2011ISBN 9780297858300trade pb, 380pp VERY GOOD: light wear1788: the heady days just before the French revolution, when Paris is fizzing with new idea s about liberty and equality. Asa Ardleigh, the impressionable 19 -year-old daughter of a country squire, has traveled to the city with her older sister, Philippa, and Philippa's new husband. In P aris, they are introduced to the literary salon of Madame de Genl is. It is in this salon that Asa meets, and falls in love with, a dashing intellectual and idealist, Didier Paulin. Their affair i s curtailed when Asa is forced to return to England, but they con tinue to write as the storm clouds gather over France and war wit h England seems imminent. Meanwhile back at home, no one knows of Asa's liaison. Asa's middle sister, Georgina, has met Harry Shac kleford, the most eligible man in London that season, and to whom the Ardleigh estate is entailed. After the death of their mother , the Ardleigh girls' father began to drink heavily and now the e state is nearly bankrupt. In Shackleford, Georgina sees not only a fortuitous marriage for her sister, but also the solution to th eir financial woes. However Asa's accomplishments need some polis hing. Georgina therefore employs Madame de Rusigneux, a French Ma rquise. Asa soon discovers there is more to this woman than meets the eye. Seller Inventory # 1108as
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